relationship-status

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<entry-title>relationship status</entry-title>

Part of hcard-brainstorming for post-vCard3 additions. Per the microformats process:

relationship status examples

(move to a separate page relationship-status-examples when this section gets too big to include inline)

Facebook

From http://www.facebook.com/editprofile.php?sk=relationships (must be logged in)

Relationship status has two parts, one a discrete enumerated set provided as a select pop-up menu choice:

  • (blank) - unspecified
  • single
  • in a relationship
  • engaged
  • married
  • it's complicated
  • in an open relationship
  • widowed
  • separated
  • divorced

And then for *some* of those enumerated values, there is an optional field that indicates a person

  • with person - chosen by selecting another profile (URL)

Flickr

From http://www.flickr.com/profile_edit.gne?from=personal (must be logged in)

Expressed as Singleness: by Flickr, the following mutually-exclusive radio button choices are given:

  • ( ) Single
  • ( ) Taken
  • ( ) Open
  • ( ) Rather not say

relationship status formats

(move to a separate page relationship-status-formats when this section gets too big to include inline)

OpenSocial

OpenSocial has a "relationship-status" field, plain text.

XFN

XFN was not directly intended as a relationship status format, however, it's use can imply some relationship.

Specifically the following family and romantic values imply relationship status:

  • spouse - implies married
  • sweetheart - implies in a relationship (or an open relationship)

relationship status brainstorming

(move to a separate page relationship-status-brainstorming when this section gets too big to include inline)

  • ...

external resources

see also